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what does phrase means
A phrase is a string of words that on their own cannot stand as a complete sentence. A phrase is usually a prepositional phrase (introduced by a preposition); prepositional phrases in turn are usually also either adverbial or adjectival phrases because they modify a verb or a noun in the main clause.
Example: "His mother was angry at him". "...at him" is a prepositional phrase, introduced by the preposition "at". In this case it is also an adverbial phrase, because it modifies the verb "was angry". The prepositional phrase contains no verb, which is why it is a phrase instead of a clause.
Example: "He lost his backpack with all of his schoolwork." "...with all of his schoolwork" is an prepositional phrase, introduced by the preposition "with". But in this case it is an *adjectival* phrase because it modifies the noun "backpack", instead of modifying a verb.
Compare to this: "His mother was angry at him so he ran to his room." "...he ran to his room" is a clause, not a phrase, because by itself it is a complete sentence (it has a subject and a verb and can stand alone by itself as a sentence). In this case it is joined to the main clause by the coordinating conjunction "so".
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What is the Achilles catch-pharase?
Achilles heel,
Make sentence with pharase 'run out off'?
we are running out of time
what is a mathemactical pharase that has numbers and operation signs but no equal sign?
An expression
A comma is usually not need when a sentence includes an extra pharase beginning with the word?
When the extra phrase begins with the word "and".
What is the regular verb or verb pharase in the sentence he was openign their mind to new ideas?
Was opening is the verb phrase.Open is a regular verb.
Who said Someone that is too important for a small task is to small for an important one?
Who said the pharase, " someone that is too important for a small tak is to small for an important one?"
What is a prepositional pharase?
A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and functions as a modifier or adverbial phrase. It consists of a preposition, its object, and any modifiers that may come in between. Prepositional phrases provide additional information about location, time, manner, purpose, or other relationships between words in a sentence.
What does Macbeth mean Bring forth men children only?
After having heard a description of a horrible deed Lady M assures she is capable of committing, Macbeth replies these famous words-"Bring forth men children only for thy undaunted mettle should compose nothing but males." meaning he thinks she is incapable of raising female children. It is truly not a compliment, Macbeth feels disgust towards her description of how she'd bash the head of the child whom moments before was sucking milk from her bosom. This two lines are commonly interpreted as Macbeth saying she will only give him male children which was what most people would have wanted-as male children would continue the royal lineage-but truly, he thought that a woman with her "undaunted mettle" or mind/way of thinking... should not be allowed to raise a girl... look back at how Lady M refers to Macbeth as having too much of "the milk of human kindness." Their gender roles at the onset of the play are almost (or in some ways) reversed.
What is elliptical?
One planet orbiting a sun, might have a perfectly circular orbit. However, many planets orbiting a sun, in a galaxy, in a universe, influence and distort each others orbits. Add to this the influences of the rest of the universe, and circular orbits become elongated circles: ellipses.
